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Indonesia’s defense minister said on May 19 that a letter of intent signed last month with U.S. Secretary of War Pete Hegseth did not commit Jakarta to granting U.S. military aircraft access to Indonesian airspace. The letter of intent signed…

The Department of Justice (DOJ) filed a motion on May 18 requesting that its criminal indictment against executives of Indian renewable-energy company Adani Green Energy Limited be permanently dropped. In November 2024, under President Joe Biden, the DOJ filed criminal…

Newly confirmed Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh, pledging new tactics to fight inflation, faces an uphill battle to keep rising prices in check.  At his April 21 Senate confirmation hearing, Warsh called for “a regime change in the conduct of…

Voters in Georgia, Kentucky, Alabama, Oregon, Pennsylvania, and Idaho head to the polls on May 19 for a slate of primary elections that will shape key gubernatorial, Senate, House, and statewide contests ahead of November. Here is what to watch…

The U.S. Supreme Court on May 18 ordered lower courts to reconsider rulings in two redistricting cases that concern whether private individuals may sue to enforce a federal law that bans discriminatory voting practices. The court directed the lower courts…

President Donald Trump said on May 18 that he will ask the Department of Justice (DOJ) to launch a probe into a mail-in ballot error in Maryland. Trump’s statement came after the Maryland Board of Elections announced on May 15…

The Federal Aviation Administration has invested $970 million to make airports more family-friendly, U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean P. Duffy announced Monday. Airports in 45 states will get upgrades that will include new children’s play spaces, mother’s rooms (also known as…

U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer has said there is no change in American policy on Taiwan, despite President Donald Trump’s recent comments linking arms sales to negotiations with China. Greer made the statement on ABC’s This Week program Sunday. He…

Reality television personality Spencer Pratt will walk away from Los Angeles entirely if his unconventional mayoral bid falls short, arguing the “American dream” does not exist under his opponents. The 42-year-old made those remarks during an interview with comedian Adam…

Wild squirrels are seen roaming through Boston Common, America’s oldest city park, on May 18.

WASHINGTON—U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced on May 18 new sanctions against several Cuban government agencies and senior officials to address “repression in Cuba and threats to U.S. national security.” “I designated 11 Cuban regime elites and three government…

HEBRON, Ky.—One day before voters in Kentucky’s Fourth Congressional District head to the polls to determine if incumbent Republican Rep. Thomas Massie is nominated to run for another term, Secretary of War Pete Hegseth campaigned for challenger Ed Gallrein, who…

Georgia voters head to the polls on Tuesday in primaries that span gubernatorial, U.S. Senate, U.S. House, state legislative, and judicial races. At the top of the ticket are an open governor’s race as Republican Gov. Brian Kemp is term-limited,…

President Donald Trump participates in a health care affordability event in the White House at 4:30 p.m. ET on May 18.

Long considered a cornerstone of financial aid for low-income college students, federal Pell Grants will be extended to short-term career training for the first time in the program’s history. The U.S. Department of Education announced on Monday that it has…

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin and Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., host a major announcement and roundtable discussion at 3 p.m. ET on May 18. This joint briefing outlines the Trump…

Acting U.S. Attorney General Todd Blanche and ATF Director Robert Cekada participate in the grand opening ceremony of the Forensic Crime Gun Intelligence Laboratory at Wichita State University at 10:30 a.m. ET on May 18. ...

U.S. Secretary of War Pete Hegseth presides over a ceremony at 10 a.m. ET on May 18 to award Purple Hearts to 101st Airborne Division Soldiers wounded during a 2003 grenade attack in Kuwait and to administer the oath of…

President Donald Trump’s attorneys on Monday filed a court notice voluntarily dismissing his $10 billion lawsuit against the IRS and the U.S. Treasury Department, in a case that accused the agencies of failing to prevent a former contractor from leaking…

American forces carried out additional airstrikes against the ISIS terrorist group in northeastern Nigeria on May 17 in coordination with the Nigerian government, the United States Africa Command (AFRICOM) said on May 18. “Intelligence confirmed the targets were ISIS militants.…